I had a fantastic opportunity to talk to 100 midwives at Coventry University last week. The day had many fantastic speakers talking about holistic care for women and how midwives must look after their own wellbeing enabling them to effectively care for the women and families; hence the title of the day was ‘We Are Only Human’. My chosen topic was Humanity, Midwifery and Hypnobirthing. This is a huge topic so I had to focus on just a couple of areas related to hypnobirthing: language and the power of breathing in labour. Although a fantastic day this blog isn’t about my presentat ..read more

02/09/2018 by Eda In Part 1 of my Mummy Sanity Savers series I talked about how porridge, pouches and pre-made formula all help me juggle work and baby care. In Part 2, I share some of my favourite organisational tools. I have so much to remember all the time that I depend on these to keep my head straight! I’ll admit I do still forget quite a few things. They often tend to pop back into my head during the 4am night feed! However, by using the apps below, I at least have a place to quickly jot down tasks and events as I remember them. My favourite Google apps (Calendar, Keep, and Maps ..read more

19/08/2018 by Eda   Lots of people say to me that they don’t know how I am able to do so many work activities while looking after the baby. Truth is, sometimes I can’t. Only the other week I ended up getting stressed out because I got tempted by too many mystery shopping tasks and it was a struggle to get all the reports done! I’m still learning how to strike the right balance between work, looking after my girl and looking after me. This post will be the first of 2 where I talk about some of my mummy sanity savers that help me to survive! Read Part 2 here. Note: this post contains affi ..read more

12/08/2018 by Eda   When a company creates or updates their website they want to know what people think. They will pay to have people test their site before it goes live. You can be one of those people! Keep reading to find out how you can earn money through website testing.   What does website testing involve? The tests are normally short, taking around 10-20 minutes per test. The payments start from £5 or $10, but can be as much as $60 for longer tests that may take up to an hour. Payments are made by PayPal so even if you are paid in Dollars it is still easy to withdraw the mon ..read more

03/08/2018 by Eda   A short while after my daughter came into the world she was taken away from me and adorned with a collection of wires and tubes. She arrived early, and this resulted in a week long stay in special care. That unexpected and difficult start to my journey into motherhood was followed by a lot of emotional weeks and months. I anticipated the physical difficulties of being sore and tired, but not the knock to my mental health. I found it very hard to adjust to my new way of life. I loved my little girl beyond measure, but I felt like I left my former identity at the door ..read more

29/07/2018 by Eda   After starting to look into ways to earn money online you are more than likely to come across matched betting at some point. When I initially found out about it I was unconvinced. It looked like gambling to me and as far as I was concerned the only ones who won from betting were the bookmakers! However, I kept seeing stories from people who were making money from it. In the end I got curious and did a bit more research. Isn’t matched betting just gambling? It turned out matched betting wasn’t gambling at all. In fact it is a clever way to use bookmaker promotion ..read more

23/07/2018 by Eda   Surveys are an easy way to earn some extra cash. There are many companies offering surveys, either for cash payouts or vouchers. How do you know which ones are the best to use? In this post I will talk about the sites that value your time the most. What’s good about answering surveys? The number one benefit of doing surveys is how easily accessible they are. Surveys are always readily available too, especially if you sign up to a few different sites. I tend to get survey invites daily, even though I am only registered with a few companies. Your reward points or cash ..read more

16/07/2018 by Eda   Did you know you can get money making apps for your smartphone to turn it into an online earning hub? In this post I talk about apps that pay you for completing short activities either at home or out and about. Note: these apps use mobile data – please check you have enough data as part of your contract before using them.  Mystery Shopping Apps In my previous post about mystery shopping I wrote about different companies you can pre-book tasks with and complete a report about your experience. Sometimes these reports take a long time and you have to rem ..read more

09/07/2018 by Eda   Do you fancy going detective? Have you got an eye for detail, a good memory and an interest in improving customer service? Do you have great English skills? If yes, then mystery shopping could be an enjoyable way to earn extra income. So what is mystery shopping all about? Lots of different companies want to see how their customers are being treated in ‘real life’. It means they can see how to make improvements. It can also help them decide whether they need to provide more staff training, for example to promote a particular product or service, or to advise customer ..read more

02/07/2018 by Eda   So having had the great idea to earn money by working flexibly, the next step is finding out how to actually go about doing it. This post talks about different mummy money makers that I have used in the past, and new ones I will be exploring. I started with Mystery Shopping I have a little previous experience to go on as a couple of years ago I fancied giving mystery shopping a go in my spare time. It turned out to be one of my favourite money makers and was fun to do. There are many mystery shopping companies available and the types of tasks vary widely. You could b ..read more